League of Arab States Secretary General Ahmed Aboul Gheit has reached New Delhi to participate in the second India-Arab Foreign Ministers’ and related meetings. The Ministry of External Affairs welcomed Gheit, an Egyptian politician and diplomat, for the upcoming engagements.
Comoros Foreign Minister Mbae Mohamed, Palestine Foreign Minister Varsen Aghabekian Shahin, and Sudan’s Mohieldin Salim Ahmed Ibrahim have also arrived in New Delhi for the same meetings. The 2nd India-Arab Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, scheduled for January 31, will involve Foreign Ministers from various Arab League Member States and the Arab League Secretary General.
The meeting aims to strengthen the existing cooperation and enhance the partnership between India and Arab countries. It follows the 4th India-Arab Senior Officials’ Meeting on January 30. Notably, this Foreign Ministers’ meeting marks a significant event after a decade since the first meeting took place in Bahrain in 2016.
The partnership between India and the League of Arab States was formalized in 2002 through a Memorandum of Understanding. The establishment of the Arab-India Cooperation Forum was initiated during the visit of the then Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa to India in December 2008. India, as an Observer to the League of Arab States, maintains ties with the 22 member States of the pan Arab body.
